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The racing quadriga made ​​12 laps on the racetrack, frequently turned over to the chariot turns mutilating teamsters.

In contrast, running and Martial Arts in the race could take part only wealthy Greeks and royal personages, who had the strength to hold the horses.

That horse owners, not the driver is the winner.

Among the winners in the race marked quadrigae Macedonian king Philip II and the Roman emperors.

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